Letters from War: 1861 | Captain Alfred Dart writes from the banks of the Potomac River on the Fourth of July

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A Fourth of July firefight at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. Captain Alfred Dart's Fourth of July opened with a skirmish across the Potomac River. He found time to write home to Carbondale on the holiday. Read the full letter.

Letters from War: 1861 | “We ruined all we wished” – A Carbondale officer’s letter from Alexandria

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In a letter to the Carbondale Advance, Captain Alfred Dart described looting relics from the Marshall House in Alexandria, Virginia - site of the death of Colonel Elmer Ellsworth. He also describes the movements of the 25th Pennsylvania and the situation at Alexandria. Read the full letter.